[Davis Lindsay]

Wow, that was so easy;

Tunnel vision totally had me there.

Thanks Dan

var proj = app.project;
var comp = proj.item(2);
var movFolder = app.project.item(3)
var movs = app.project.item(3).numItems;
var newSource = movFolder.item(1);
var fso, f, s;
f = File("/slate script/projects/"+newSource.name);
var lastModifiedDate = new Date(f.created);

if (f.exists) alert("File exists.");

alert([lastModifiedDate, f])

[Davis Lindsay]

Hey Glenn,

This solution works with peak of range and instant falloff.

You’ll have to convert each expression to key frames after each step.
This is found under animation > key frame assistant > convert expression

1 : Simple part, if the audio is below 100 it becomes a zero.

2 : You may need to relink your sound keys in this part.

3 : Almost done, relink the slider variable.

remember to convert expression to key frames after each step.

hopefully this helps
regards,

//1
//add this to your sound keys output property.

Math.floor(value/100)

//2
//Create an expression slider on the same layer of your sound key effect
//Add this to the slider

sound = effect("Sound Keys")("Output 2");
n = sound.nearestKey(time).index;
a = 0;
if ( n>1){
a = 1;
}
current = sound;
past = sound.key(n-a).value;
if (current == 1){
current - past;
} else {
0;
}

//3
//Add this to your range selectorâ

[Davis Lindsay]

Hello,

Here’s a solution that will get you from 23:50:00 to 24:09:59 using a text layers source text.

You can also use the Text >Timecode Effect if you can handle the default font.
Set your Time Source to custom:
Time Units = 60
Starting Frame = 5148000

fps = (1/thisComp.frameDuration);
spm = 60/fps;
fpm = fps*spm

s = Math.floor(Math.floor(time)%fpm);
m = Math.floor(Math.floor(time)/fpm);

if ((s>9) && (m<10)){
"11"+":"+(50+m)+":"+s
} else if ((s<=9) && (m<10)){
"11"+":"+(50+m)+":0"+s
} else if ((s<=9) && (m>=10)){
"12"+":0"+(m-10)+":0"+s
} else if ((s>9) && (m>=10) && (m<20)){
"12"+":0"+(m-10)+":"+s
}

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[Davis Lindsay]

That works nicely Dan, thanks.

Each time I get a response form you I learn something new.
The parent trick is epic for this.

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[Davis Lindsay]

Thanks Darby,

This simple code works better than I imagined.

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[Davis Lindsay]

Hey Dan,

Thanks for the help today.
I hacked away at it and I came up with this jumble of code 😛

Is there a way to compress my two for loops?
Also, what method would be used to modify my format options when I add to render queue?

var proj = app.project;
var comp = proj.item(2);
var movFolder = app.project.item(3)
var movs = app.project.item(3).numItems;

for (i = 1; i <= movs; i++) {
var newSource = movFolder.item(i);
comp.duplicate()
proj.item(3).layer(3).replaceSource(newSource, true);
proj.item(3).layer(3).name = newSource.name;

var d = newSource.name.split("_");
var e = d[2].split(".");
var f = d[0]+"_"+d[1]+"_"+e[0];

proj.item(3).name = f;
alert(movFolder.item(i), "number");
}
for (i = 1; i<= movs; i++) {
app.project.renderQueue.items.add(proj.item(1).item(i))
}

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[Davis Lindsay]

yeah, the index value counts down like layers for expressions on the timeline.
so the file structure should actually look like…

root
-main folder
-_template comp
–text layer
–text layer
–video I want to replace
–text layer
-movs folder
–video
–video 2

proj
-item(1)
–.item(2)
—.layer(1)
—.layer(2)
—.layer(3)
—.layer(4)
-item(3)
–.item(4)
–.item(5)

Alrighty… lol
So that means when I build my program I’ll probably want to have my videos already in a precomp.
That way when I duplicate my comps hopefully it won’t effect their item number 😛

Thanks Dan

[Davis Lindsay]

Ah, that solves one error message.
I was missing .layer(3) to define what I was replacing.

error:
Unable to call “replaceSource” because of parameter 1. [object TextLayer] is not of the correct type.

perhaps my vision of the item / layer structure isn’t correct?

root
-main folder
-_template comp
–text layer
–text layer
–video I want to replace
–text layer
-movs folder
–video
–video 2

proj
-item(1)
–.item(1)
—.layer(1)
—.layer(2)
—.layer(3)
—.layer(4)
-item(2)
–.layer(1)
–.layer(2)

//Creates a new project
var proj = app.project;

proj.item(1).item(1).layer(3).replaceSource(proj.item(2).layer(2),true);

[Davis Lindsay]

Thanks for the reply Dan,

When I use the replaceSource() method I come up with this error.

Unable to execute script at line 6. Function proj.item().item().replaceSource is undefined
It’s probably something small I’m missing.

//Creates a new project
var proj = app.project;
var i = 0;

proj.item(1).item(1).duplicate();
proj.item(1).item(2).replaceSource(proj.item(2).item(1), true);
proj.item(1).item(2).name = proj.item(1).item(1).layer(3).name;

Prepare for today and you’ll survive, prepare for tomorrow and you will thrive.

[Davis Lindsay]

Thanks John,

I’ll post in expressions.

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